Seam 1.1.BETA2 is much less dependent upon EJB3, so you can run w/o the ejb3 jars. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3984626#3984626 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3984626